redistribution

[ ree-dis-truh-byoo-shuhn ]

/ ˌri dɪs trəˈbyu ʃən /

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noun

a distribution performed again or anew.

Economics. the theory, policy, or practice of lessening or reducing inequalities in income through such measures as progressive income taxation and antipoverty programs.

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Origin of redistribution

First recorded in 1830–40; re- + distribution

OTHER WORDS FROM redistribution

re·dis·tri·bu·tion·al, re·dis·trib·u·to·ry

[ree-di-strib-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˌri dɪˈstrɪb yəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

Words nearby redistribution

rediscount, rediscount rate, rediscover, rediscovery, redistribute, redistribution, redistributionist, redistributive, redistrict, redistricting, redivivus

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How to use redistribution in a sentence

The process includes coordination of temperature-controlled shipment and delivery of the vaccine, storage in ultracold conditions, redistribution to other health care facilities and scheduling vaccination clinics.
Coronavirus caseload average sets another record in Washington region|Rachel Chason, Jenna Portnoy|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
Ultimately, it’s a change in the IRS’ mission toward redistribution, not just raising revenue.
Millions Still Haven’t Gotten Stimulus Checks, Including Many Who Need Them Most|by Lydia DePillis|October 30, 2020|ProPublica
That redistribution combined with weakened viewership is increasing the competition for what inventory is available in the scatter market.
‘You have to be more nimble’: How advertisers are adapting to a mixed-up fourth-quarter TV market|Tim Peterson|October 19, 2020|Digiday
We see over and over again that there is a redistribution of wealth, and it is just upward.
Ilhan Omar: Capitalism Cannot Deliver Social Justice|Nick Fouriezos|October 1, 2020|Ozy

One way to think about it is this pre distribution and redistribution.
Writer Anand Giridharadas on tech’s billionaires: “Are they even on the same team as us?”|Connie Loizos|September 25, 2020|TechCrunch
Instead, almost every state has featured a redistribution of political power from the rural to the urban.
Andrew Cuomo Ignores Rural New York|David Fontana|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most Americans support redistribution to one degree or another.
A Most Revealing Week for Republicans|Michael Tomasky|April 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Redistribution happens because redistributionist politicians have the nasty habit of getting elected.
A Most Revealing Week for Republicans|Michael Tomasky|April 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, however, they see it as an attack on the “dignity of work,” and an unjust form of “redistribution.”
Republicans to America: 'Work, Moochers!'|Jamelle Bouie|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He calls for reforms that make finance subservient to industry and for the redistribution of wealth.
Pope Francis Declares Consumers and Capitalists Need to Help the Poor|Daniel Gross|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 made a new division of the country into county and borough constituencies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4|Various
He must in fact have seen that there is a redistribution of plastic material in each section of bark.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
He even went as far as to talk about load redistribution electric control design.
What Need of Man?|Harold Calin
Fifteen small clauses might settle the redistribution, in spite of Mr. Turnbull,—if only Mr. Daubeny would be good-natured.
Phineas Finn|Anthony Trollope
The system of periodical redistribution had in the meantime fallen into desuetude.
Japan|Various

British Dictionary definitions for redistribution

redistribution

/ (ˌriːdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən) /

noun

the act or instance of distributing or the state or manner of being distributed again

(in Canada) a periodic revision of the number of seats in the House of Commons, made to reflect changes in population

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Cultural definitions for redistribution

redistribution

Any process, such as inflation or taxation or the provision of social services, that reallocates household income.